Combination-tool.



R. A. SIMONSON.

COMBINATION TOOL! APPLIOATION IILED FEB. 21, 1913.

Patented'May 26, 1914.

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ROGER A. SIMONSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application filed February 21, 1813. Serial No. 749,867.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Boone A. Smronson, acitizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Tllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention is in the nature of a combination tool and morespecifically resides in a device adapted to serve the function of abutton-hook and shoe-horn, such as shown and described in Letters Patentof the United States, No. 1,050,242, dated January 14th, 1913, andissued to me.

7 In the construction shown in my former patent the button-hook tends toturn upon its pivot when the device is being used for a button-hookand-my present invention is designed to provide means to prevent thecollapsing of the hook when in either an open or folded position.

Another improvement over my former patent resides in making the shank ofthe button-hook of such length that the hook end will project beyond thebody of the clevice so as to form an eye to receive a key ring and itbeing desirable to hold the hook end in closed position. I havetherefore made the same means which holds the button-hook in openposition, also hold it in closed position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevational view of thedevice with the body folded and the button-hook open. Fig. 2 is an edgeview of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 1 isa front view of the body in open position. Fig. 5 is a front view of thebody in open position with the button-hook folded; Fig. 6 is an edgeview of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of the device infolded position.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 8 designates the shankportion and 9 the hook shaped end of a button-hook which parts maycorrespond to the parts of any ordinary button-hook, although preferablyformed from flat rather than round metal. The inner end of the shank 8is pivoted to the handle or body member, which latter also constitutesthe spoon portion of a shoe-horn. The latter member in the form hereinshown comprises two longitudinally tapered flat metal strips 10 and 11,the proximate edges of which are hinged together by of the two membersand a hinge pintle 12 extending through said eye. The member .10, asherein shown, is provided at its narrow end with an integral U-shapedextension 13 that projects beyond the narrow end of the member 10 andconstitutes a hinged socket for the shank 8 of the button-hook. It willbe noted, however, that the inner end 1 1 of the shank 8 is formed withsubstantially parallel sides 15 and 16 which are so spaced from thepivot pin 17 upon which the shank 8 is mounted that both edges 15 and 16lie within the outer edge of the metal strip 10. The metal strip 11 isprovided with a locking member or flange 18 that is bent atsubstantially right angles to the body 11 with which it is formedintegral so that when the members 10 and 11 are in closed position asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the flange 18 will lie parallel with andadjacent to the edge 15 of the inner end of the shank 8 and when theshank 8 is in open position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the shank isthereby prevented from collapsing or being moved into closed positionwhile the members 10 and 11 remain folded. lit is also to be noted thatthe member 11 is provided with an opening 19 which is larger in diameterthan the hinge pin 17 and registering therewith, so that the member 11will lie flat against one part of the U-shaped extension 13.

When the parts are in the position as shown in 1 the device may be thenused as a button-hook without the shank collapsing and if it is desiredto use the device as a shoe-horn the members 10 and 11 are spread intoan angular position so as to form the spoon of a shoe-horn and the shank8 constitutes the handle. When the device is in closed position as shownin Fig. 7 the flange 18 lies parallel with and' adjacent the edge 16 ofthe inner end of the shank 8 thereby holding the shank in closedposition.

It will be noted that in Fig. 7 the hook end 9 extends beyond the twomembers 10 and 11, but the point of the button-hook lies between the twomembers, thereby providing an eye into which a key ring 20 may besnapped, or the ring may be placed over the hook end during the foldingmovement of the shank and before the end of the hook passes between themembers 10 and 11. To

release the ring 20 it is only necessary to separate the members 10 and11 so as to release the shank 8 whereupon by moving the shank into openposition the end of the but ton-hook will be withdrawn from between themembers 10 and 11 and thereby permit of ready removal of the ring.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A combined button-hook and shoe-horn comprising two longitudinallyfoldable parts hinged together, a button-hook member pivoted to one ofsaid foldable parts and a locking flange carried by the other foldablepart and adapted to bear against the opposite foldable part andalternately engage opposite sides of one end of said button-hook to holdthe same in either open or folded position.

2. A combined button-hook and shoe-horn comprising two longitudinallyfoldable parts hinged together, a flange formed integral with one ofsaid parts, a button-hook member pivoted between said part and flangeand a locking flange carried by the other foldable part and adapted tobear against the opposite foldable part and alternately engage oppositesides of one end of said button-hook to hold the same in either open orclosed position.

ROGER A. SIMONSON.

lVitness'es: SADIE M; RYAN, JAMES R. OFFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

7 Washington, D. C.

